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12 September 2019
Friday 6 September 19 – Sisophon (Cambodia) to Aranyaprathet (Thailand) – 57km As ever it was with some trepidation that we set off for another border crossing. It was a dull grey day with skies that threatened rain, which did appear for a bit during the ride to the border, but nothing to slow us […]
8 September 2019
Our journey through Cambodia was always going to be a flying visit, which was a shame as we now know a bit more about the country and we want to spend more time here. We will definitely come back in the future! It has had quite an impact on us for all the right reasons. Here is […]
7 September 2019
Tuesday 3 September 2019. Siem Reap. 16km. We were picked up by Pisith at 6.30am to collect our tickets for the Angkor Wat temple complex, which as Nigel mentioned yesterday were sponsored by one of Pisith’s friends (Mr Ho Vandy) – which at $62 a ticket was such a generous gift. We returned to the […]
3 September 2019
One small thing that we forgot to include in the last blog was that just coming into Phnom Penh we passed 25,000km on our journey! We have noticed that some of our equipment and clothing is looking a bit worn and our bikes are in need of a service, a new back tyre each and […]
30 August 2019
Monday 26 Aug Krong Svay Rieng to Neak Loeung. 63km. Our first proper day on the road in Cambodia and scenery-wise it’s not that exciting. A flat road that’s bumpy and dusty …..but considering it’s their main highway through the country it wasn’t that busy for a Monday morning, which isn’t a bad thing for […]
25 August 2019
Along the sides of most of the roads in Vietnam there are way-markers that count down the number of kilometres to the next town or city. Every now and then there are also markers to towns and bigger cities further away. Today I looked over my shoulder when I passed one and saw Hà Nội […]